A set of interactive data visualizations of the 2015 Georgia Students Health Survey 2.0 (GSHS) for data discovery and exploratory data analysis. The measurements include the substances: alcohol, marijuana, methamphetamine, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and non-medical use of prescription drugs.

DBHDD provides a set of highly interactive data visualizations for Kids Count data for selected indicators, such as "Children in Living in Poverty", "Infant Mortality", "Teen Pregnancy", "Teens being High School Dropouts", "Children absent more than 15 days from School". The Kids Count data set is obtained from the Annie E. Casey Foundation (http://datacenter.kidscount.org/).

Like most of the country, Georgia has experienced a rise in use and deaths related to opioid drugs overall, as well as an increase in use and deaths attributable to misuse of prescription opioid painkillers specifically. Opioids are a large class of drugs with ranging impact on physical and mental health. The data contained within this fact sheet can provide a brief snapshot of the state of Georgia’s opioid problem.

Data from this page about Georgia's youth marijuana use comes from the Georgia Department of Education's Georgia Student Health Survey 2.0 (GSHS) and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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